Christmas Eve

11 January 2012

This Christmas was the first that we've ever spent with Craig's immediate family! On the afternoon of Christmas Eve we headed up to their apartment to watch some football and eat appetizers while we waited for Elder Janis to call from Mexico. Craig's brother, Ethan, is currently serving a 2 year mission, in Mexico, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. On Christmas and Mother's Day, the missionaries are given permission to call home. Since we were all in Utah, we gathered as a family to talk to him via Skype, but Ethan got caught up doing missionary work and had to reschedule for the following day.

Once we realized we wouldn't be able to chat with Ethan, we headed out ice skating. We went to a tiny little outdoor ice skating rink in South Jordan. The ice wasn't very smooth, and the ice skates were pretty dull, so it was pretty slippery and unpleasant. I didn't even last 5 minutes. My ice skates didn't fit right and the minute I stepped out on the ice I was in terrible pain. Laura had the same problem, and opted to skate on the ice with her ballet flats. Everyone else braved the ice, although no one lasted too long. Mason even tried it out for a bit, before he froze and had to take shelter in the heating shed with Grandma and Charlie.

Once we were back at the apartment, we opened up our Christmas Eve gifts (pajamas), and then we headed home to get the boys in bed. Elaine came home with us and helped us get ready for Christmas day while we watched White Christmas.